Paris Haute Couture: GALIA LAHAV 2017-2018

Before modern science, specimens of all types went undefined, collected loosely in Cabinet de Curiosités.

A veritable wonderland, these collections were composed of elements of the sea and wonders of the Earth.

Science sought to organize the chaos, aiming to categorize each and every new discovery and place them in pristine glass boxes.

Today, with much already labeled and learned, we’re set to create our own cabinet of curiosity, and hearken back to the joy of discovery that once was.

This season, Galia Lahav Couture Evening couples clinical inspirations with innovation, and employs new techniques with an inherent savoir-faire, for a range of pieces that hint at these otherworldly wonders.

The designs portray a mix of elements drawn from the ocean’s depth, as well as a variety of artistic objects.

Today, we learned the sad news of designer Hubert de Givenchy's passing at the age of 91. “It’s the most beautiful job in the world to give happiness to people”, he told AnOther last year on fulfilling his life dream of becoming a designer.

After founding the house in 1952, he championed separates for women, and created looks for Audrey Hepburn – most famously, the little black dress she wore in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's. On his retirement in 1995, the position of artistic director was held by the likes of John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Julien Macdonald, Riccardo Tisci, and most recently Clare Waight Keller. In an archive piece, below, we look back on the influence Tisci's Givenchy in particular had on fashion at large.